2007 NBA re-draft: The way it should have been
The 2007 NBA draft will be remembered mostly for what happened with the top two picks when the Portland Trail Blazers passed on Kevin Durant in favor of Greg Oden. KD will go down as one of the best scorers basketball has ever seen and a multi-time champion while Oden’s career lasted just three seasons due to injuries.
That year’s class also featured one of the biggest steals in second-round history, Marc Gasol, who went No. 48 overall and would go on to become a champion, Defensive Player of the Year and 1st Team All-NBA member.
Besides Durant and Gasol, the 2007 draft was pretty weak in star talent, as Joakim Noah and Al Horford were the only other selections who’d go on to post special careers.
Below, we re-draft the 2007 class.
No. 1 pick: Kevin Durant
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Actual position: No. 2
Career earnings: $314,170,742
Career stats: 27.2 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 4.3 apg, 49.6 FG%, 38.4 3P%
No. 2 pick: Marc Gasol
Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 48
Career earnings: $185,786,591
Career stats: 14.0 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 3.4 apg, 48.1 FG%, 36.0 3P%
No. 3 pick: Al Horford
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Actual position: No. 3
Career earnings: $243,228,232
Career stats: 13.7 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 3.3 apg, 51.5 FG%, 36.0 3P%
No. 4 pick: Mike Conley
Jeffrey Swinger-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 4
Career earnings: $229,541,596
Career stats: 14.8 ppg, 5.6 apg, 3.0 rpg, 43.9 FG%, 38.2 3P%
No. 5 pick: Joakim Noah
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Actual position: No. 9
Career earnings: $139,035,960
Career stats: 8.8 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.3 bpg, 49.1 FG%
No. 6 pick: Thaddeus Young
Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 12
Career earnings: $132,718,742
Career stats: 12.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.4 spg, 50.2 FG%, 33.2 3P%
No. 7 pick: Jeff Green
Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 5
Career earnings: $76,934,810
Career stats: 12.6 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.5 apg, 44.8 FG%, 33.9 3P%
No. 8 pick: Wilson Chandler
Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 23
Career earnings: $73,745,287
Career stats: 12.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.8 apg, 44.3 FG%, 34.1 3P%
No. 9 pick: Jared Dudley
Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: No. 22
Career earnings: $62,197,534
Career stats: 7.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.5 apg, 46.3 FG%, 39.3 3P%
No. 10 pick: Arron Afflalo
Actual position: No. 27
Career earnings: $61,084,429
Career stats: 10.8 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.8 apg, 45.0 FG%, 38.6 3P%
No. 11 pick: Marco Belinelli
Actual position: No. 18
Career earnings: $49,155,000
Career stats: 9.7 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.7 apg, 42.4 FG%, 37.6 3P%
No. 12 pick: Corey Brewer
Actual position: No. 7
Career earnings: $54,175,934
Career stats: 8.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.5 apg, 42.5 FG%, 28.4 3P%
No. 13 pick: Brandan Wright
Actual position: No. 8
Career earnings: $39,928,084
Career stats: 7.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.0 bpg, 60.7 FG%
No. 14 pick: Tiago Splitter
Actual position: No. 28
Career earnings: $47,016,000
Career stats: 7.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.2 apg, 55.5 FG%
No. 15 pick: Nick Young
Actual position: No. 16
Career earnings: $39,375,829
Career stats: 11.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.0 apg, 41.8 FG%, 37.6 3P%
No. 16 pick: Carl Landry
Actual position: No. 31
Career earnings: $48,927,163
Career stats: 10.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 0.7 apg, 53.5 FG%
No. 17 pick: Ramon Sessions
Actual position: No. 56
Career earnings: $36,276,568
Career stats: 10.3 ppg, 4.1 apg, 2.7 rpg, 43.4 FG%, 31.6 3P%
No. 18 pick: Rodney Stuckey
Actual position: No. 15
Career earnings: $48,557,071
Career stats: 12.6 ppg, 3.6 apg, 2.9 rpg, 42.3 FG%, 30.0 3P%
No. 19 pick: Aaron Brooks
Actual position: No. 26
Career earnings: $19,913,114
Career stats: 9.7 ppg, 3.0 apg, 1.7 rpg, 41.3 FG%, 37.0 3P%
No. 20 pick: Anthony Tolliver
Actual position: Undrafted
Career earnings: $32,031,999
Career stats: 6.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 0.9 apg, 41.4 FG%, 37.3 3P%
No. 21 pick: Josh McRoberts
Actual position: No. 37
Career earnings: $34,288,647
Career stats: 5.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.1 apg, 46.3 FG%, 34.0 3P%
No. 22 pick: Spencer Hawes
Actual position: No. 10
Career earnings: $49,219,853
Career stats: 8.7 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.9 apg, 45.7 FG%, 35.0 3P%
No. 23 pick: Jason Smith
Actual position: No. 20
Career earnings: $36,919,993
Career stats: 6.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 0.7 apg, 46.8 FG%, 33.3 3P%
No. 24 pick: Mirza Teletovic
Actual position: Undrafted
Career earnings: $46,687,150
Career stats: 8.1 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 0.8 apg, 40.6 FG%, 37.1 3P%
No. 25 pick: Glen Davis
Actual position: No. 35
Career earnings: $34,716,665
Career stats: 8.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 0.9 apg, 44.7 FG%
No. 26 pick: Rudy Fernandez
Actual position: No. 24
Career earnings: $5,676,523
Career stats: 9.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.2 apg, 39.9 FG%, 36.0 3P%
No. 27 pick: Yi Jianlian
Actual position: No. 6
Career earnings: $14,085,936
Career stats: 7.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 0.7 bpg, 40.4 FG%, 33.3 3P%
No. 28 pick: Gary Neal
Actual position: Undrafted
Career earnings: $10,970,388
Career stats: 9.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.6 apg, 42.2 FG%, 38.2 3P%
No. 29 pick: Joel Anthony
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Actual position: Undrafted
Career earnings: $23,377,987
Career stats: 2.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.1 bpg, 51.3 FG%
No. 30 pick: Greg Oden
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Actual position: No. 1
Career earnings: $24,322,868
Career stats: 8.0 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.2 bpg, 57.4 FG%
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